AN UNEDUCATED GUESS: KILIMANJARO PT.4 LETS PARTY LIKE WE’RE IN THE ONLY NIGHTCLUB IN MOSHI
The slippery slope down… Day 8: We wake early and spend the rest of the morning ascending the mountain very quickly, down a different and more rapid route. The stairs are covered in slick and very slippy mud, so although we are nearly at the bottom there are many accidents on the way down. We even spy some porter’s losing their footing! Finally, we touch solid ground once more and at noon, after registering the completion of our ascent, we crack open a Kilimanjaro beer and find the
An uneducated guess: Night of reckoning – The summit
Can we really make it? Day 6 & 7: Today is the day. Today is the toughest of all of them, in which we spend from 6am to 4am (with a lunch break) trekking and scrambling back up to 4,600m, and then after three to four hours sleep, wake up at midnight for the summit at 5895m. By this point, all of us are suffering from altitude and when we roll into camp at four o clock to eat dinner and sleep before our midnight summit, we are
An uneducated Guess: Dealing with Kilimanjaro pt2.
Our first reality check… Day four: (Day two of climb) Phew! This day definitely comes as a surprise. It’s a very cold start to the morning, and after the relaxing and green ascent of day one, the steep ascents definitely shock the system. It may not be the toughest day to come, but we are definitely caught off guard: after waking up at 6 to leave by 7am. Even though the porters wake us warmly with smiles, black tea and coffee and a good breakfast – we’re still complaining
Angels concert
In late June, MAXX was privileged enough to receive a visit from the talented performers at Angel’s charity. Angel’s – a charity that MAXX supports and has designed the website for – brings children from struggling communities in Nigeria, South Africa and Rwanda, together to perform in the UK and beyond. Not only does this provide the children with opportunities they would never have without the scheme, but the money that is raised goes to help develop and improve their home communities. MAXX were delighted to attend their inspirational
